Putin Ultimatum To US: Pull NATO Back To Germany Or Be Defeated In Ukraine; Opposes EU Talks Role (Alexander Mercouris)

Putin has brought back the December 2021 draft treaties and is demanding NATO pull its forces back to the German border, turning the Kremlin talks with Witkoff and Kushner into something close to an ultimatum. Alexander goes through the Ushakov briefing and Peskov's conditions for Europe line by line, asks whether Kushner is misrepresenting Putin on European participation, and explains why Antonio Costa and the EU chief negotiator split leave Europe with no seat at the table. Is Russia now forcing a choice between a new European security architecture and total defeat for Ukraine?



The only realistic end to the war would be via a Ukrainian surrender and demilitarisation. Making any deal with the neocons is not worth the paper it is printed on. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, November 14, 2026.]